Why is this card so incredibly expensive??? null

MSI cards have pretty consistently been at the top of the market price since the shortage started. They and everyone else have more or less priced the TI series at the same point as scalper prices for non-TI cards. It seems silly, but between that and their hash rate limiter the TI series has mostly been flowing to gamers instead of miners.

Trumps Tax Tariff was put into effect at the end of 2020. This translates to increased prices in many oversea products. Additionally, these cards are server grade hardware, which comes with increased cost. You don't need a 3080 to run many of today's game. You can get by with a 3060 or something similar which wont break the bank.

Because politics. In actuality, this card would not be as expensive but still at a price for those "high end" cards. Would not recommend wasting over 1000 for a 3080 ti nor a 3090. A regular 3080 and below is more than enough for us fellow citizens.

Before I state why, understand that the Nvidia Founder's Edition (FE) of this same model is $1,199 MSRP. That's the lowest you'll see outside of being used. That being said, the current prices of GPUs now is a combination of: -Semiconductor shortage post-Covid -Crypto miners buying up the cards causing a supply and demand issue -Scalpers taking advantage of the situation and buying up the cards just to relist them at 2x-3x the price on the second-hand market -Tariffs the previous administration had placed caused the price of imports to go up (though uncertain if this is still in effect)

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MSI cards have pretty consistently been at the top of the market price since the shortage started. They and everyone else have more or less priced the TI series at the same point as scalper prices for non-TI cards. It seems silly, but between that and their hash rate limiter the TI series has mostly been flowing to gamers instead of miners.
Answered by Buddons 4 years ago
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Trumps Tax Tariff was put into effect at the end of 2020. This translates to increased prices in many oversea products. Additionally, these cards are server grade hardware, which comes with increased cost. You don't need a 3080 to run many of today's game. You can get by with a 3060 or something similar which wont break the bank.
Answered by RobertL 4 years ago
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Because politics. In actuality, this card would not be as expensive but still at a price for those "high end" cards. Would not recommend wasting over 1000 for a 3080 ti nor a 3090. A regular 3080 and below is more than enough for us fellow citizens.
Answered by Madison 4 years ago
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Before I state why, understand that the Nvidia Founder's Edition (FE) of this same model is $1,199 MSRP. That's the lowest you'll see outside of being used. That being said, the current prices of GPUs now is a combination of: -Semiconductor shortage post-Covid -Crypto miners buying up the cards causing a supply and demand issue -Scalpers taking advantage of the situation and buying up the cards just to relist them at 2x-3x the price on the second-hand market -Tariffs the previous administration had placed caused the price of imports to go up (though uncertain if this is still in effect)
Answered by scorcher64 4 years ago
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Chinese tariffs and scarcity.
Answered by AxeKillem 4 years ago
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